Official release thread for WindowCast core

Libretro Cores
#236

NICE …something went horrible wrong with an drive and i lost the project file :frowning_face:

so i made this rather quick and cheap video tutorial now

as soon i have time again i gonna make a better not rushed version :sweat_smile:

Wrapper Parametes

“PathToYourGame\wincast.exe” --emulator “PathToYourGame\YOURGAME.exe” --retroarch “PathToRetroarch\retroarch.exe”

in my case here i have to enter

“E:\Games\Bloodstained Curse of the Moon\exe\wincast.exe” --emulator “E:\Games\Bloodstained Curse of the Moon\exe\cotm.exe” --retroarch “D:\RetroArch\retroarch.exe”

AHK script

Sleep 24000

Send, ^!t

Sleep 1000

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#237

Somehow the combination of the current Windows 11 build and the current LB no longer works.

Is the Wrapper method the best?

#238

if you mean the old way i wrote down …no it stopped working for me too

the wrapper method is way more simple to use and works with win 11^^

i even got apps starting i had no luck with before

also it closes retroarch and the game if you close retroarch and it does the partial arguments on its own

if you include the ahk script it even does the ctrl+alt+T thing and you can just grab a controller and lean back works of course with bigbox too

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#239

The BIG issue with FFMPEG core is it does not support subtitles .srt, I’ll try to give this a go again with kodi, last time I tried it did not work, let’s see how it goes now

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#240

Is this a problem with Windows 11? Or is it a problem with the AHK that comes with LB?

I’m trying to figure out what the problem is with the
“Send, ! {Tab}”
to make it work again with my AHK code in full screen pcsx2-qt.exe. Perhaps this is the correct syntax. It works now.

I’ve used the Wrapper and it is indeed great. But it seems to work only with pcsx2-qt.exe in windowed mode. Full screen doesn’t switch to RA and RA seems to fail to hook PCSX2.

I’ve tried both ways: embedding directly in LB and writing the citation in the LB parameters, and creating a shortcut and writing the citation in the shortcut, but PCSX2 in fullscreen fails to hook and does not switch to RA.
Then I double clicked to put PCSX2, which is full screen, into windowed mode, and I confirmed that it switches to RA. But it stayed black because of the hook failure.

I have confirmed that PCSX2 works correctly when started in windowed mode.

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#241

Also, I’ve been using WindowsCast a little less often now that more and more games are slowly getting to run on LRPS2.

Is LRPS2 still being updated from time to time to improve compatibility and accuracy? It would be great if RA could complete everything.

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#242

Was there an update on LRPS2? AFAIK, there are a few different sources where you can get a PS2 core, the one in the buildbot being the worst and the best one is bugged and doesn’t work on Windows.

#243

I don’t know either.
However, there are a few game titles that I used to have to rely on WindowsCast+PCSX2 to play, and now I can play them on LRPS2. The number of them is quite small, though.

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#244

there is an pre compiled version of the pcsx2 core that runs really great and suports vulkan …downside …it has no options atm

also i always run apps/games in window mode with windowcast so i can´t help you with that for me that works best and so far nothing wouldn´t work this way

and some standalone emulators like pcsx2 and yuzu change their game title if running a game

maybe this must be added to the partials file that the wrapper creates should be inside win32 folder it creates inside the game folder

i didn´t try standalone emus with this method tbh

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#245

I’ve been using ShaderGlass for a while, it’s been great on PCSX2, at least till the RA core gets updated.

GitHub - mausimus/ShaderGlass: Overlay for running GPU shaders on top of Windows desktop

#246

as i say the precompiled version runs great give it a try vice city as example runs flawless wit mbz shader on vulkan

but a few games that normally need some patches from pcsx2 like path of neo still have visual bugs cuz you can´t turn on fixes

that is the most up to date core you can get so far i know , keep in mind that retroarch maybe overwrite this core if you use the update all cores option

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#247

I’m using the original software only version and the windowcast core is working but everytime I try to load a shader preset retroarch freezes. any fix?

#248

update if i load the preset MBZ__3__STD__PASSTHROUGH it works but whenever I load and ADV preset or cyberlab variation retroarch will still freeze

#249

What graphics card are you using? How much VRAM does it have? Have you tried the potato presets or other MBZ__3__STD presets?

#250

rtx 2080 super 8gb of vram, 5800x AMD cpu 32gb of ram. It’s not my system

#251

@Cyber ok I did some further digging and found out what works and what doesn’t with windowcast for both your presets, Duimon, and HSM. MBZ_1- 5 work. MBZ_0 SMOOTH doesn’t work. That is for HSM

Now for your presets. Any preset you base off of MBZ_0 SMOOTH won’t work. Your presets in the MBZ_1-5 section will work. What won’t work in any section though is your NeoGX presets.

Most Duimon presets seem to work though I haven’t checked handhelds. The Duimon presets aren’t based off MBZ_0 SMOOTH which is why they work. I’m not sure if it’s my system or not so I won’t assume. I just figured I have a good system so it can’t be me.

If i’m just using retroarch and the built in PCSX2 based core any preset will work including MBZ_0 SMOOTH, NeoGX etc. the resolution I use for the emulator core is standared res 1x.

If I use retroarch with windowcast core + PCSX2 standalone standard res 1x I can’t use MBZ_0 SMOOTH presets or NeoGX.
Hope this helps.

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#252

This helps a great deal. It’s very possible that your GPU is running out of resources (specifically VRAM) when running the shaders that perform upscaling in conjunction with the WindowCast core.

Perhaps @HyperspaceMadness or @IHQMD might be able to elaborate.

Try changing your desktop resolution to 1080p and see if that makes any difference.

#253

@Cyber found something else too. If I load a preset that’s standard I go into sharder parameters and tick show resolustion info the windowcast core is reporting a res of 3840x2160 and sampling res is 61456x2160 but the PCSX2 standalone is standard res for PS2. I think if the window cast core will report the same res as the standalone emulator it might fix it

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#254

I did a test of lowring my screen resolution to 640x480 and that didn’t work. MBZ_0, CyberLab NeoGX or anything based on MBZ_0 won’t load. I’m wondering if there is a specific shader that doesn’t play well with windowcast

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#255

I have a feeling that someone with a better understanding of how these things work might be able to offer an explanation. So perhaps if we wait a bit, @HyperspaceMadness or @IHQMD might respond. I wouldn’t be surprised if they found this information useful.

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